In article , wrote:

I seem to have missed most of the picking season for blackcurrants.
They are all dried up on the bushes. :-(
Is there any reason not to harvest them in this state and then dry
them a bit more and eat them as dried fruit?

My one drops the ripe berries, so yours (or mine) have IMO some sort of
disease or pest, and I wouldn't risk it yet.

If you can catch any disease from your blackcurrants, you are much
stranger than I thought! None of that family produce much in the
way of toxins, so that won't be a problem, either.

(noting it wasn't me that suggested any kind of toxins, but ...)

Well, you asked if there was any reason not to use them, which I
interpreted as asking if they might harm you.

I think mostly I was wondering if they were likely to have had some kind
of wee beastie laid in them. I don't fancy food which wriggles.

How unnatural of you - you are abandoning millions of years of
tradition :-)

Generally, that isn't common in shrivelled fruit - it is more
typically associated with distortion and rot.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.